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Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IITM) has seen over 60% growth in the number of exchange students. From 90 students in 2011 to 145 in 2016, the rise in number of foreign students is the indication...
The Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur (IIT- KGP), is going to be the first higher educational institute to get a supercomputing facility under the National Supercomputing Mission (NSM). According to IIT-Kharagpur spokesperson, the facility will provide...
The UGC has asked all universities and educational institutions to introduce identification mechanisms in the degree certificates awarded to the students. The degree certificates will include students’ photos and Aadhaar numbers in the certificates. “Having security...
From 2018, National Testing Service (NTS) is expected to conduct majority of tests conducted by Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE). The agency is waiting for the Cabinet’s nod after which it will start with the...
IIT Kharagpur has designed the country’s first indigenous superpower drone, BHIM. The unmanned aerial device’s uniqueness lies in state-of-the-art protection shield, superior imagery and hitherto unknown abilities, say its creators. The drone will be a metre in...
Bombay Stock Exchange Institute Ltd (BIL), the leader in financial education, is soon going to offer specialised programs in finance and financial markets. The institute has signed an MoU with Techno India University of Kolkatta in...
Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) and University of Sharjah, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for academic cooperation. Through the MoU, both the universities will exchange knowledge, academic programmes, research and other...
Ministry of Human Resource and Development (MHRD) has proposed Prime Minister’s Research Fellowship for selected PhD fellows at Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) to provide monthly scholarship of Rs 75,000. The fellowship will only be awarded...
The Medical Council of India (MCI) has lifted the age bar and limit on number of attempts for a candidate wish to appear in the National Eligibility Cum Entrance Test (NEET). Based on recommendations from the...
With 33 institutions in the top 300 list of the Times Higher Education (THE) Asia University Rankings 2017, India has doubled its participation in the newly expanded list, compared to 16 in the top 200 last...
Indian Institute of Technology – Madras (IIT-M) will be hiring 100 foreign faculties over the next three years to boost industry-funded research. Initially, the institute is planning to hire 25 foreign nationals as faculty, said an...
The Union Cabinet has approved a bill declaring 15 Indian Institutes of Information Technology (IIITs) set up under the Public Private Partnership (PPP) mode as Institutions of National Importance. The bill granted the IIITs degree awarding...